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Zoya · 04-04-2008, 01:05 PM

From that, it's interesting to see that the German losses, for once outnumbered the Soviet. Is this because of an imporvement in the fighting methods/planning of the Soviets, do you think, or because by this time the German army was clearly on its last legs?

Statistics:

Soviet losses

Men:

13,197 irrecoverable
53,933 wounded/sick.

Material

75 tanks and self-propelled guns
108 guns and mortars
111 aircraft

German losses

Men:

>250,000 men irrecoverable losses, unknown number of wounded.

Material:

83 tanks and self-propelled guns
3,500 guns
3,300 motor vehicles
330 planes

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Zoya Partisan Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 170	From that, it's interesting to see that the German losses, for once outnumbered the Soviet. Is this because of an imporvement in the fighting methods/planning of the Soviets, do you think, or because by this time the German army was clearly on its last legs? Statistics: Soviet losses Men: 13,197 irrecoverable 53,933 wounded/sick. Material 75 tanks and self-propelled guns 108 guns and mortars 111 aircraft German losses Men: >250,000 men irrecoverable losses, unknown number of wounded. Material: 83 tanks and self-propelled guns 3,500 guns 3,300 motor vehicles 330 planes __________________ The Motherland, bent over her daughter's ashes, Sings this tender maternal song About Zoya, the girl, who has become a legend, Who died and was born for eternal life. Dimitri Shostakovich Song for Zoya (1944) The War in the East